If you do get any of the new Enviros out and about today then please feel free to send some in as its always nice to get different views from across the City and different photographers…

Dennis Darts

Many of the older Dennnis Darts are currently VOR at Milehouse with many of them due to visit Hants & Dorste at Eastleigh for DDA conversion when they should re-enter service.

Back on 6th February the position was as follows:

29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40 in the line up at bottom of lower yard. All VOR. 35 with withdrawn buses behind the old tram sheds. VOR. 36 in rear workshops behind door 7. 37 in front workshops over the pits. 41 and 43 in engineering line. both VOR 42 engine repairs over pits in raised depot. 29 back from Hants and Dorset trim, a quick look through the open doors didn't reveal anything that might have been done to it. 30 was noted in service on the 8th February at least.

Volvo DD Fleet

The double deck Volvo fleet: 420 W509WGH has been sold and appears to have left Milehouse. 441 has also finally left Milehouse and arrived with Target Travel. 416 has now been lettered up as a DRIVER TRAINER

Buses have to go to Eastleigh for certifying as that is where the only DDA conversion approval officer for the whole of the South West is based. How ridiculous is that. The work is done at Milehouse and then each bus has to go to Eastleigh by appointment

The E400 for the ferry have modifications so clearance at slow speed on normal operation is fine. Yes it's likely more of the older London deckers will go as the fleet modernises bus 30 is DDA compliant 29 is being done now established will probably be done in due course at milehouse 31 to 40 and 42 43 is already compliant being later although still x plate and 41 is withdrawn .

Does anyone know which Citybus Dart left the road in Ivybridge getting stuck on a grass verge on Thursday 18th Feb? The Herald website reported the incident along with a few pictures of the rescue operation (the pictures weren't very clear).

Situation re. withdrawn/stored buses at Milehouse on Friday 25th February. In lower yard were lined up 32, 35, 414, 40, 205, 31, 36, 29, 39, 33, & 43. 438 was behind the raised depot being stripped before scrapping. Behind the tramshed were LDP266, 41, 413, 417, 419, 34 & 418. Finally 59 was in the raised depot being stripped before scrapping. It is not known if any of the Wright bodied B7s listed have been withdrawn.